SimpleBasics
SimpleBasics is a WordPress theme by Superb (Free). Tested on 2026-09-13 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 78 for mobile speed and 83 for desktop speed, 45/45 for SEO and 85/80 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile78
Desktop83
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 78 | 83 |
| SEO | 45 | 45 |
| Accessibility | 85 | 80 |
| Best practices | 100 | 100 |
Single preset · measured 2 times since 2026-09-13 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — SimpleBasics home page
Mobile
Speed 78 · 22 points to gain
- −17.3 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −4.2 First Contentful Paint medium effort
SEO 45 · 55 points to gain
- −36.6 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −9.1 Document does not have a meta description low effort
- −9.1 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
Accessibility 85 · 15 points to gain
- −7.6 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
- −5.3 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −2.3 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Desktop
Speed 83 · 17 points to gain
- −15.5 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −1 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
SEO 45 · 55 points to gain
- −36.6 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −9.1 Document does not have a meta description low effort
- −9.1 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
Accessibility 80 · 20 points to gain
- −9.8 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
- −6.9 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −2.9 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| SimpleBasics default demo ↗ | 78 | 45 | 85 | 83 | 45 | 80 | 2026-09-13 |
| home ↗ | 78 | 45 | 85 | 83 | 45 | 80 | 2026-09-13 |
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